Report of the city of Somerville 1941, Part 11

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1941
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3,224


Northeastern Jr. High


1,513


1,492


1,399


93.4


1,464


1,423


Southern Jr. High


1,225


1,160


1,079


93.0


1,172


1,151


Western Jr. High


1,167


1,103


1,031


93.3


1,112


1,099


Vocational


321


263


249


94.7


312


215


Prescott


896


811


745


91.8


849


774


Hanscom


365


309


288


93.9


314


306


Bennett


315


291


272


93.4


298


291


Baxter


190


179


168


93.8


187


176


Knapp


317


300


279


93.2


301


302


Perry


214


195


179


91.8


197


198


Pope


382


347


329


94.7


350


344


Cummings


321


296


273


92.2


294


297


Edgerly


346


310


284


91.6


319


300


Glines


470


452


423


93.5


458


449


Grimmons


246


237


223


94.1


233


238


Forster


841


779


718


92.2


785


782


Bingham


455


416


389


93.5


412


413


Carr


522


495


466


94.1


502


484


Morse


387


365


342


93.7


371


360


Proctor


224


208


198


95.0


196


214


Durell


132


126


117


93.4


124


131


Burns


212


197


185


93.8


201


196


Brown


386


350


321


91.7


358


351


Highland


312


282


261


92.5


292


275


Hodgkins


482


419


391


93.3


427


416


Cutler


877


830


766


92.3


840


814


Lowe


215


196


181


92.5


210


190


Atypical


129


141


124


87.9


125


100


Sight Saving


13


13


12


92.9


13


12


Open Air


2


12


9


83.5


7


13


Continuation, Jr. Voca.


109


84


63


75.0


87


65


Total


17,266


15,988


14,792


92.5


16,385


15,603


Total for 1939-1940


17,486


16,325


15,276


93.6


16,638


16,198


187


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 9-Statistics of High School for School Year ending June, 1941


Number of teachers, including Head Master


132


Number of days school kept


178


Number enrolled


3,680


Average number belonging


3,330


Average daily attendance


3,028


Tardinesses


7,560


Dismissals


In class 1943, September


June


1,231


Per cent. of loss


12


In class 1942, September


1,129


June


980


Per cent. of loss


13.2


In class 1941, September


975


June


978


Per cent. of gain


0.3


Special Students, September


67


June


35


Per cent. of loss


47.8


Number of graduates, male


441


Number of graduates, female Total


985


Average age, male graduates


18


Average age, female graduates


17.6


Number of graduates entering Colleges and Engineering Schools


81


Number of graduates entering State Teachers Colleges


10


Number of graduates entering other institutions


96 $311,575.17


Cost of supplies


13,768.29


Total


$325,343.46


Per capita cost of instruction


$93.57


Per capita cost of supplies


4.13


Total cost per capita


$97.70


544


Cost of instruction


1,968


1,399


188


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 10-PUPILS BY GRADES, JUNE, 1941


TEACHERS.


PUPILS.


Men.


Women.


SCHOOL.


GRADE.


Regular.


Assistants.


Boys.


Girls.


Total.


Never in First Grade Before


High


Special


20


15


35


Twelfth


436


542


978


Eleventh


466


514


980


Tenth


594


637


1,231


Total


56


72


1,516


1,708


3,224


Junior High


Ninth


632


577


1,209


Eighth


544


616


1,160


Seventh


666


638


1,304


Total


61


99


:1,842


1,831


3,673


Elementary


Sixth


10


31


605


587


1,192


Fifth


1


34


609


648


1,257


Fourth


40


657


609


1,266


Third


39


624


584


1,208


Second


36


634


538


1,172


First


40


678


594


1,272


Total


11


220


3,807


3,560


7,367


Kindergarten


16


12


443


491


934


Special


7


13


Sight Saving


1


7


5


12


Cadets


4


Atypical.


2


8


63


37


100


Vocational


21


215


215


Independent


Household Arts


1


Americanization


1


Continuation &.


3


2


37


28


65


Open Air


1


4


9


13


Grand Total


163


450


12


7,934


7,669


15,603


1116


Jr. Vocational


189


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 11-Pupils in High, Junior High, Elementary, Vocational and Continuation Schools 1940-1941


High


School


Junior


High


Schools


Elementary


Schools


Kinder-


gartens


Vocational


School


Atypical


Schools


Sight


Saving


Class


Schools


Total


Annual enrollment


3680


3905


7954


1115


321


129


13


109


17,266


Average membership


3330


3755


7449


953


263


141


13


84


15.988


Average attendance


3028


3509


6986


821


249


124


12


63


14,792


Per cent. of attendance


91.0


93.4


93.8


86.1


94.7


87.9


92.9


75.0


92.5


No. cases of tardiness


7560


1980


3333


68


606


109


5


80


13.741


Number cases of dismissal


1968


1729


1556


14


111


51


4


146


5,576


Membership. October. 1940


3575


3748


7525


1000


312


125


13


87


16.385


Membership, June, 1941.


3224


3673


7367


934


215


100


12


65


15,603


No. cases corp. punishment


·2


2


Table .12-Number of Pupils Admitted to Grade 1 In September


SCHOOL.


1937


1938


1939


1940


1941


Prescott


69


66


66


59


72


Hanscom


60


49


54


48


39


Bennett


48


46


36


38


25


Baxter


36


39


27


24


34


Knapp


27


28


21


26


21


Perry


42


37


34


34


39


Pope


60


55


41


46


51


Cummings


46


40


44


47


40


Edgerly


71


67


70


57


61


Glines


76


68


66


73


52


Grimmons


37


36


32


31


36


Forster


113


91


101


88


91


Bingham


59


54


74


68


54


Carr


63


58


54


62


52


Morse


48


33


51


43


51


Proctor


42


37


35


42


36


Durell


34


30


25


36


23


Burns


63


52


44


51


59


Brown


58


48


43


60


47


Hodgkins


61


60


66


67


54


Cutler


141


104


101


119


123


Lowe


56


45


46


56


56


Total


1,310


1,143


1,130


1,175


1,116


Jr. Voc. and


Continuation


190


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 13-Eighth Grade Promotions, Junior High Schools, June, 1941


Promotion from the eighth grade to the ninth grade in the Junior High School corresponds to the promotion from the last grade of an elementary school to the High School.


SCHOOL


Number in Class


in June


No. Promoted to


Grade 9


No. Entering Grade 9


No. Entering Schools


Outside City


No. Going to Work


No. Not Located


No. Entering Voca- tional School


No. Entering Other


Junior High Schools


In City


Northeastern Junior High


457


437


404


15


4


0


6


Southern Junior High


344


339


309


13


5


3


828


7


Western Junior High


366


350


327


10


1


0


4


Total


1167


1126 1040


38


10


3


00


17


Table 13a-Ninth Grade Promotions, Junior High Schools, June, 1941


Promotion from the ninth grade to the tenth is the promo- tion from the Junior High School to the Senior High School. The tenth grade corresponds to the second year of a four-year High School.


SCHOOL


Number in Class in June


No. Promoted to


High School


No. Entering


Somerville High


Other Schools, Pub-


lic or Private


No. Going to Work


No. Not Located


No. Entering


No. Remaining


-


Northeastern Junior High


480


478


422


29


15


7


3


2


Southern Junior High


324


296


244


11


19


0


13


9


Western Junior High


365


356


308


28


co


11


1


Total


1169


1130


974


68


37


12


27


12


Vocational School


at Home


School


No. Entering


191


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 14-Comparative Statistics of the Attendance Department for the School Year 1940-41


1940


1941


Change


Number of visits to the schools


1,081


1,170


+ 89


Number of visits to the homes


2,324


2,532


+208


Number of cases investigated


2,093


2,299


+206


Number of cases found to be truancy or absenteeism


523


589


+ 66


Number of different pupils who were tru- ants or habitual absentees


221


253


+ 32


Number who were truants for the first time


65


94


+ 29


Number who were truants for the second time


25


33


+


8


Number who were truants for three or more times


37


45


+


8


Number of girls who were truants or ab- sentees


72


182


+110


Number of visits to mercantile or manufac- uring establishments


7


9


+ 2


Number of minors found to be working without employment certificates


1


3


+


2


Number of employment certificates issued to boys


45


15


= 30


Number of employment certificates reis- sued to boys


0


1


+


1


Number of employment certificates issued to girls


15


13


-


2


Number of employment certificates reis- sued to girls


1


1


0


Number of educational literate certificates issued to minors over 16 years of age (first issue)


2,412


3,888


+1,476


Number of newspaper licenses issued to boys 12 to 16 years of age


68


69


+1


Number of transfer cards investigated


2,067


2,401


+334


Number of cards forwarded


726


1,092


+366


Number of truants in the County Training School at the close of the year


1


2


+


1


Amount paid for board of truants


$104.00


$115.43


+$11.43


Disposition of truancy and habitual absentee cases


Warned and returned to school


142


Transferred to other schools


21


Left school (over 16)


42


Left school other reasons


8


Removed from City


31


Committed to M. S. P. C. C.


6


Sent to House of Good Shepherd


2


Sent to Mrs. Crowell's Class


1


253


Table 14A-Truancies and Habitual Absenteeism by Ages and Grades


BY AGES.


Total.


GRADES.


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16


17 or over


5


I.


3


2


....


6


4


2


5


III.


15


IV


10


V.


15


VI.


14


15


12


VII.


10


21


18


VIII


1


5


26


5


2


2


16


9


X.


3


XI.


.


XII.


4


10


3


17


Voc. I.


16


1


3


2


9


Ungraded


Total.


3


7


8


4


8


15


13


30


50


92


20


3


253


..


.


1


3


1


.


..


. .


3


3


6


3


.


.


...


.


.


..


7


2


1


1


..


.


.


.


.


..


. .


..


..


.


.


.


.


..


..


.


.


.


.


·


.


.


3


.


1


.


.


45


5


7


2


1


4


49


39


27


ANNUAL REPORTS


192


.


II.


.


193


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 15-Evening High School, Season 1940-1941


Male


Female


Total


Enrolled


334


552


886


Average Membership


229


377


606


Average Attendance


137


223


360


Number of teachers


31


Number of sessions


58


Cost of Instruction


$8,161.50


Cost of Janitor, Fuel, Light and Sup-


plies


1,318.97


Total cost


$9,480.47


Cost per pupil per evening


0.265


Average attendance: October, 515; November, 400; December, 366; January, 306; February, 267; March, 245.


Table 15a-Evening Elementary School, Season 1940-1941


Enrolled


29


13


42


Average Membership


21


14


35


Average Attendance


13


8


21


Number of teachers


4


Number of sessions


58


Cost of instruction


$1,017.00


Cost of Janitors, Fuel, Light and Sup-


213.03


Total cost


$1,230.03


Cost per pupil per evening


....


0.606


Table 15b-Evening Vocational Classes, Season 1940-1941


Women


Enrolled


134


Average Membership


61


Average Attendance


45


Number of teachers


4


Number of sessions


37


Student hours


3,436


Cost of instruction


$593.50


Cost of Janitor, Fuel, Light and Sup- plies


98.95


Total expenditure


$692.45


Reimbursement from State


355.43


Net cost


$337.02


Net cost per pupil per evening


0.149


Male


Female


Total


plies


194


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 15c-Americanization Classes 1940-1941


Male


Female


Total


Enrolled


141


440


581


Average Membership


111


332


443


Average Attendance


86


231


317


Number of classes


20


Number of teachers


13


Number of sessions


60


Membership hours


53,160


Cost of instruction


$6,650.50


Cost of supplies


21.14


Total cost


$6,671.64


Reimbursement from the State


3,325.25


Net


cost ... .... ....


$3,346.39


Net cost per membership hour


0.063


195


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 16-Promotions from Elementary to Junior High Schools


1936


1937


1938


1939


1940


1941


Prescott


181


192


190


205


208


189


Bennett


43


39


38


31


49


37


Knapp


98


98


89


99


92


100


Pope


73


72


71


69


56


66


Cummings


39


37


36


34


37


36


Glines


74


73


65


64


65


63


Grimmons


34


45


30


40


28


29


Forster


95


110


102


98


124


128


Bingham


64


84


68


86


66


54


Carr


75


67


89


87


80


70


Morse


58


45


55


45


41


47


Proctor


50


42


36


42


32


38


Brown


58


43


44


63


51


46


Highland


133


123


110


95


10


105


Hodgkins


69


76


71


47


61


44


Cutler


128


126


105


122


111


108


Total


1272


1272


1199


1227


1205


1160


Average Membership of Elementary Schools


9178


8093


8064


8679


8808


8556


Per cent. of Average Membership Promoted


13.86


15.72


14.87


14.08


13.68


13.55


196


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 17-Attendance Statistics FOR A SERIES OF YEARS


JUNE


ENROLLMENT


Average Membership


Average Attendance Attendance


Per cent. of


Number of Tardi- nesses


Ratio of Tardiness to Average Attendance


1912


13,272


11,710


11,083


94.6


6,307


0.569


1913


13,491


11,903


11,216


94.2


7,354


0.655


1914


13,932


12,320


11,610


94.2


7,380


0.635


1915


14,505


12,903


12,189


94.5


8,000


0.656


1916


14,647


13,191


12,323


93.4


9,373


0.761


1917


13,967


12,770


11,933


93.7


7,325


0.613


1918


14,256


12,656


11,798


93.2


8,970


0.760


1919


14,039


12,733


11,609


91.2


9,744


0.839


1920


14,091


12,836


11,807


91.9


11,628


0.993


1921


14,500


13,396


12,533


93.6


11,337


0.904


1922


15,225


14,004


13,160


94.0


11,620


0.883


1923


15,932


14,308


13,276


92.8


13,164


0.991


1924


16,092


14,554


13,647


93.8


12,528


0.918


1925


16,262


14,699


13,691


93.1


11,814


0.863


1926


16,687


15,042


14,074


93.6


12,256


0.871


1927


16,669


15,042


14,094


93.7


12,526


0.888


1928


16,807


15,190


14,232


93.1


15,160


1.065


1929


17,083


15,521


14,435


93.0


16,626


1.152


1930


16,851


15,632


14,666


92.8


13,904


0.948


1931


17,218


15,915


14,940


93.9


13,429


0.891


1932


17,389


16,030


15,104


94.2


15,634


1.035


1933


17,758


16,303


15,322


93.9


14,488


0.945


1934


17,903


16,616


15,591


93.8


14,962


0.960


1935


17,811


16,613


15,506


93.3


15,532


1.000


1936


17,926


16,707


15,470


92.6


13,656


0.982


1937


17,871


16,626


15,564


93.6


13,647


0.876


1938


17,762


16,623


15,551


93.6


14,508


0.932


1939


17,559


16,307


15,093


92.6


14,123


0.936


1940


17,486


16,325


15,276


93.6


15,572


1.019


1941


17,266


15,988


14,792


92.5


13,741


0.928


(For years prior to 1912 see School Report of 1917)


197


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 18-Membership, Etc., of High School


FOR A SERIES OF YEARS


YEAR.


Average Membership all Schools.


Largest Number in High School.


Per cent. of Average Membership of all Schools.


Number of Graduates of High School.


Per cent. of Average Membership of all Schools.


1912


11,710


2,023


17.28


296


2.53


1913


11,903


2,081


17.48


296


2.48


1914


12,320


2,111


18.18


273


2.35


1915


12,903


2,258


17.50


311


2.41


1916


13,191


2,288


17.35


348


2.64


1917


12,770


1,973


15.45


340


2.66


1918


12,656


1,520


12.01


332


2.62


1919


12,733


1,854


14.56


310


2.43


1920


12,836


1,714


13.35


241


1.87


1921


13,396


1,762


13.15


316


2.36


1922


14,004


2,037


14.55


613


4.38


1923


14,308


2,061


14.40


419


2.93


1924


14,554


2,104


14.45


497


3.41


1925


14,699


2,229


15.16


524


3.56


1926


15,042


2,230


14.82


524


3.48


1927


15,042


2,318


15.41


521


3.46


1928


15,190


2,356


15.51


513


3.38


1929


15,521


2,430


15.66


606


3.90


1930


15,632


2,500


15.99


564


3.61


1931


15,915


2,723


17.11


621


3.90


1932


16,030


3,033


18.92


770


4.80


1933


16,303


3.226


19.79


700


4.29


1934


16,616


3,442


20.71


847


5.10


1935


16,613


3,468


20.87


826


5.00


1936


16,707


3,626


21.70


856


5.12


1937


16,626


3,594


21.62


871


5.24


1938


16,623


3,626


21.81


920


5.53


1939


16,307


3,673


22.52


933


5.72


1940


16,325


3,775


23.12


996


6.10


1941


15,988


3,680


23.02


985


6.16


(For years prior to 1912 see School Report of 1917).


198


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 19-Promotions for School Year Ending June, 1941 Junior High Schools


GRADE.


On June


Promotion List


Unconditionally


Promoted to


Next Grade


Promoted


on Trial


Retarded


Promoted more


than One Grade


Special Promo-


tions during Year


Dropped Back


after Two


Months' Trial


Total.


3,640


3,179


300


161


O


9


00


Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June, 1941 Junior High Schools


GRADE.


On June


Promotion List


Unconditionally


Promoted to


Next Grade


Promoted


on Trial


Retarded


Promoted more


than One Grade


Special Promo-


tions during Year


Promotees


after Two


Months' Trial


I


100


80.7


12.0


7.3


00


0.3


0.4


III


100


95.9


2.7


1.4


0


0


O


Average


100


87.4


8.2


4.4


0


0.2


0.2


I


1,267


1,022


152


93


0


3


II


1,167


1,000


116


51


00


3


III


1,206


1,157


32


17


0


091


Dropped Back


0.08


0.2


II


100


85.7


9.9


4.4


Promotees


199


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 19a-Promotions for School Year ending June, 1941 Elementary Grades


GRADE.


On June


Promotion List.


Unconditionally


Promoted


to next Grade.


Promoted on Trial.


Retarded.


Promoted more


than One Grade.


Special Promo-


tions during Year.


Dropped Back


after Two


Months' Trial


1


1,283


1,057


60


166


II


1,177


983


95


99


III


1,210


1,010


104


95


IV


1,271


1,049


138


84


V


1,254


1,072


116


66


VI


1,194


1,080


80


34


2


6


Total


7,389


6,251


593


544


1


7


76


Percentage of Promotions for School Year ending June, 1941 Elementary Grades


GRADE.


On June


Promotion List.


Unconditionally


to next Grade.


Promoted on Trial.


Retarded.


Promoted more


than One Grade.


Special Promo-


tions during Year.


Dropped Back


after Two


Months' Trial


I


100


82.4


4.6


13.0


0


0.4


II


100


83.5


8.1


2.4


0


000


2.0


III


100


83 5


8 6


7.9


.08


0.8


IV


100


82.5


10 9


6.6


0


0


1.3


4


100


85.5


9.3


5.2


0


0.4


1.1


VI


100


90.5


6.7


2.8


0


0.2


0.5


Average ...


100


84.6


8.0


7.4


0.01


0.09


1.0


OOOH00


Goooo


5


24


10


17


14


Promoted


Promotees


Promotees


DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY AGES AND GRADES, OCTOBER 1, 1941


AGE


GRADE


TOTAL


4


5


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16


17


18


19


20


21 or over


Kdgn,


372


573


945


1


439


709


94


14


1


1


1,258


16


1.27


2


843


632


158


39


5


1,177


14


3.74


3


276


602


188


53


14


3


1,136


70


6.16


4


295


574


217


71


13


5


1


1,176


90


7.65


5


1


310


593


236


73


23


1


1,237


97


7.84


6


283


602


216


83


19


2


1,205


104


8.63


7


1


221


675


222


81


21


1


1


1


1,224


105


8.58


8


5


214


645


230


101


12


1


1,208


114


9.44


9


21


250


610


202


49


10


1,142


59


5.17


10


7


334


638


227


50


6


1


1,263


57


4.51


11


3


294


570


176


35


3


1,081


38


3.52


12


6


250


512


118


907


21


2.82


P. G.


2


9


7


3


3


27


22.22


Total


372


1,012


1,002


1,070


1,112


1,152


1,150


1,215


1,235


1,264


1,111


759


167


28


3


3


14,986


Under Normal Grade


14


40


58


86


89


111


102


124


62


62


42


25


Per cent. Under Normal Grade


1.31


3.60


5.03


7.48


7,33


8.98


7.97


9.81


5.58


8.17


25.14


89.29


...


..


200


ANNUAL REPORTS


21


3


6


1,279


1,052


Above Normal Age


Per cent. Above Normal Age


Table 20-RESIGNATIONS OF TEACHERS IN 1941


School


Teacher


Took Effect


In Service


High


Elaine Edmunds


June 30, 1941


3 yrs., 6 mos.


High


Feb. 1, 1941


16 yrs., 5 mos.


High


¡Gladys B. Hastings Bernice Tuck Pratt, Stenographer


July 31, 1941


15 yrs.


Northeastern Junior


* Kathinka Fessman


July 20, 1941


29 yrs.


Northeastern Junior


Amelia M. Gray James P. McGuire


June 30, 1941


yrs.


Western Junior


Sept. 21, 1941


38 yrs.


Western Junior


*Mary L. Bryant Lorna Proudfoot Janet Woodman


June 30, 1941


10 yrs.


Western Junior


June 30, 1941


6 yrs., 1 mo.


Vocational


*Harry L. Jones Helen E. Clark


June 30, 1941


8 yrs., 6 mos.


Prescott


Mary A. Mullins


Dec. 31, 1941


8 yrs., 4 mos.


Prescott


*G. Hortense Pentecost


July 1, 1941


36 yrs.


Baxter


*Maria D. Macleod Helena M. Leyden


June 30, 1941


15 yrs.


Pope


** Lura M. Babcock Elizabeth M. Lamborghini


June 30, 1941


6 yrs., 1 mo.


Bingham


Bertha F. McEachern


June 30, 1941


6 yrs., 6 mos.


Carr


*Annie B. Russell


July 1, 1941


40 yrs.


Morse


*Lena Monroe Rosemary O'Neill


Feb. 21, 1941


3 yrs.


Morse


*Blanche E. Thompson


July 1, 1941


35 yrs.


Morse


TEva A. Wilson Dorothy C. Neagle


June 6, 1941


5 yrs., 4 mos.


Highland


Lillian R. Lucey


June 30, 1941


6 yrs., 6 mos.


Cutler


*Nettie M. Humiston


July 1, 1941


21 yrs.


Lowe


* May E. Small


July 1, 1941


41 yrs.


Physical Education


Alice F. Morgan


June 30, 1941


17 yrs.


Asst. Superintendent


Walter P. Sweet


Aug. 2, 1941


22 yrs., 4 mos.


Supervisor of Art


¡Elfrida V. Callister


Nov. 8, 1941


16 yrs.


201


+ Died


* Retired


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Knapp


Jan. 4, 1941


10 yrs.


Pope


July 4, 1941


29 yrs.


Morse


July 28, 1941


24 yrs.


Highland


July 1, 1941


36 yrs.


July 1, 1941


45 yrs.


Prescott


Apr. 30, 1941


21 yrs.


Southern Junior


202


Table 21-TEACHERS ELECTED IN 1941


School


Teacher


Coming From


Salary


Service Began


Assistant Superintendent of Schools.


Leo C. Donahue


Somerville


$4620


Dec. 1, 1941


High


Edward J. Berra


1400


Sept. 1, 1941


High


Anne M. Farren


1400


Northeastern Jr., Vice-Principal


Joseph M. Thornton


2800


Dec. 1, 1941


Northeastern Junior


Beatrice Sweet


1400


Jan. 1, 1942


Southern Jr.


Helen M. Bruns


Not teaching Somerville


1400


Sept. 1, 1941


Vocational


Philip J. Heffernan


"


3300


Vocational


Edward J. Bergen


2075


Knapp


Mary M. Connor


1400


Perry


Greta K. Olsen


1400


Glines


Florence C. Coyne


1400


Forster


Anne Laffin


1400


Forster


Barbara Shay


1400


Morse


Maybeth T. Gralton


1400


Cutler


Mildred Buinitsky


1400


Edgerly, Glines, Hanscom Supervising Principal


Joseph A. Regan


3000


Dec. 1, 1941


Cadet, First Year


Elizabeth T. Crine


600


Sept. 1, 1941


Agnes Hayes


600


"


Robert Healey


600


,


Helen T. Leddy


600


Constance MacDonald


600


Frances E. O'Brien


600


"


"


"


",


ANNUAL REPORTS


203


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 22-LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF TEACHERS


Elizabeth W. Richards, Sabbatical Leave from February 1 for half year. Joseph B. Fitzgerald, Sabbatical Leave from September 1941 for year. Elfrida V. Callister, Sabbatical Leave from September 1941 for year. Mildred D. Dewire, Sabbatical Leave from September 1941 for year. Alice Fitzpatrick, from October 1941 to May 1942.


J. Edward Sharkey, for duration of War Service from September 1, 1941. John C. Kelly, for duration of War Service from March 1, 1941. Albert C. Williamson, for duration of War Service from March 1, 1941. John Costello, for duration of War Service from March 13, 1941 James H. Cosgrove, for duration of War Service from May 1, 1941. Marie Farrell, exchange teacher for school year with teacher from Honolulu.


M. Paul McSweeney, for duration of War Service from February 17, 1941 (returned September 22, 1941).


Francis Parker, for duration of War Service from November 30, 1941.


Table 23-TRANSFERS OF TEACHERS


Teacher


From


To


Edward J. Bergen


Western Jr. High


Vocational


Walter J. Corbett


Northeastern Jr. High High


Catherine Brown


Cummings


Pope


Thelma C. Hutchins


Edgerly Kgn.


Hanscom


Mary E. Miller


Forster


Physically-Handicapped Classes


Mary R Mingolelli


Carr


Burns


Helen M. Mason


Morse


Lowe


Grace M. Murphy


Proctor


Highland


Isabel M. Leyden


Durell


Morse


Terence Griffin


Highland


Northeastern Junior


Mary L. McKenna


Cutler


Forster


Mildred D. Williston


Cutler


Hodgkins


Clare M. Stanton


Physically-Handicapped Prescott Classes


James Keefe


Bennett Atypical


Southern Special


Irma DiGiusto


Highland Atypical


Prescott Atypical


Hazel L. Smith


Western Jr. High


Supervisor Art


CADETS


Mary J Robbins


Term Expires September 1, 1942


Virginia Holman


John C. Kelly


October 22, 1941


Leo J. Lanigan


October 1, 1941


Helen T. Leddy


September 1, 1943


Robert Healey



Elizabeth T. Crine



Agnes Hayes


=


Frances E. O'Brien


M. Constance MacDonald


204


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 24-Number of Teachers FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.


YEAR.


High School.


Junior High Schools.


*Elemen- tary Schools.


Special Teach- ers.


Assistants not in Charge of Room.


Contin.


Amer.


Men


Women


Total.


1912


66+


252


22


9


40


309


349


1913


68


257


28


12


39


326


365


1914


75₺


266


30


20


44


347


391


1915


76₺


272


31


15


45


349


394


1916


771


70₺


65


238


33


17


49


374


423


1918


70±


108


207


28


5


49


369


418


1919


70°


106


207


26


9


1920


69°


113


212


23


8


54


371


425


1921


75°


115


216


25


14


5


2


60


392


452


1922


72


114


216


22


16


5


2


57


390


447


1923


75°


120


222


24


18


4


2


55


410


465


1924


76°


117


221


24


16


4


2


59


401


460


1925


76°


118


229


23


16


4


2


59


409


468


1926


75°


118


228


27


11


3


2


58


406


464


1927


77°


123


233


30


11


3


1


62


416


478


1928


80°


123


239


33


10


3


1


64


425


489


1929


88°


125


239


33


27


3


1


70


446


516


1930


95°


131


241


39


33


3


1


78


465


543


1932


105 **


154


251


46


29


4


1


105


485


590


1933


106 **


154


256


44


33


3


1


120


477


597


1934


116 **


160


257


43


39


3


1


125


494


619


1935


116 **


164


257


42


40


3


1


128


495


623


1936


120 **


165


265


40


43


3


1


133


50-1


637


1937


126 **


167


271


38


31


3


1


142


495


637


1938


133 **


178


263


39


26


3


1


157


486


643


1939


127 **


173


260


43


19


5


1


163


465


628


1940


129+


167


259


44


14


5


1


164


455


619


1941


129+


160


253


53


12


5


1


163


450


613


* Including Kindergartners.


¿ Including a secretary.


** Including a secretary and two matrons. Including a secretary and a matron.


+ Inc' :: ding two matrons.


93


485


578


1931


104 **


138


235


50


46


4


1


46


366


412


1917


48


370


418


290


30


15


-


205


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 25-BOOKS AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN 1941 For High School


As Text Books :-


Cicero, Fifty Letters, Dillard-Ginn & Co.


New Caesar, Books I-IV With Vocabulary, Allen and Greenough- Ginn & Co.


Promenades Litteraires et Historiques, Bovee, Cattanes, Robert- Harcourt, Brace & Co.


Primo Curso de Espanol, Pittaro and Green-D. C. Heath & Co. English In Action, Book Two, Tressler-D. C. Heath & Co.


American Literature, Blankenship, Lyman, Hill-Scribner's. English Literature, Weeks, Lyman, Hill-Scribner's.


Stories of Americans At Work, Davis, Getchell, Foss-Ginn & Co. Americans in Action, Herzberg and Mones-Appleton-Century Co. Adventures in American Literature, Inglis, Gehlmann, Bowman, Foerster-Harcourt, Brace & Co.


The American Way of Life, Faulkner, Kepner, Bartlett-Harper & Brothers.


Today's Geometry, Reichgott and Spiller-Prentice-Hall.


Store Salesmanship, Revised, Brisco, Griffith, Robinson-Prentice- Hall


The Right Job for You and How to Get It, Brooke-Noble & Noble. The Girl and Her Home, New Edition, Trilling and Nicholas- Houghton Mifflin Co.


Foods and Home Making, Greer-Allyn & Bacon.


Living Your Life, Crawford, Cooley Tillingham-D. C. Heath & Co .. Time Out For Living, Partridge and Mooney-American Book Co.


Applied Business Arithmetic, Curry-Rice-South-Western Publish- ing Co.


20th Century Bookkeeping and Accounting, Carlson-Prickett-Forkner -South-Western Publishing Co.


Mathematics of Business, Van Tuyl-American Book Co.


Personal and Social Adjustment, Uhl and Powers-Macmillan Co.


For Junior High Schools


As Text Books : -


English for Junior Americans, Books I and II, Thomas-Paine- Ensweiler-Longmans, Green & Co.


History of America's Progress, Wirth-Thompson (For Grade Seven) -D. C. Heath Co.


America in the Making, Chadsey, Weinberg, Miller (For Grade Seven)-D. C. Heath Co.


America's Progress in Civilization, Freeland, Adams (For Grade Seven)-Charles Scribner's Sons Co.


Story of Our Land and People, Glenn W. Moon (For Grade Eight)- Henry Holt & Co., Inc.


The Building of Our Nation, Barker, Commage, Webb (For Grade Eight) -Row, Peterson & Co.


America, Yesterday and Today, Nichols, Bagley, and Beard (For Grade Eight)-The Macmillan Co.


Our United States, Woodburn, Moran, Hill (Book I for Seventh Grade; Book II for Eighth Grade)-Longmans, Green & Co.


Understanding Our World, Franklin B. Carroll (For Grade Eight)- John C. Winston Co.


Le avventure di Giovanni Passaguai, Aristide E. Masella-Henry Holt & Co.


206


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 26-HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION


The graduation exercises of the High School occurred Wednesday, June 4, 1941.


ORDER OF EXERCISES WILLIAM J. KOEN Chairman of the School Committee, Presiding


1. MARCH-"Coronation March" Meyerbeer High School Orchestra


2. PRAYER- Rev. Stephen C. Lang Pastor, First Congregational Church of Somerville


RESPONSE-"Gottschalk"


Old German


Choral Club


3. SELECTION-"Unfold Ye Portals" .......... Gounod Choral Club


4. CLASS ORATION-"Toward a More Perfect Life" Edward Boyson




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